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Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will add to their Blu-ray catalog Cornel Wilde's crime drama Storm Fear (1955), starring Jean Wallace, Cornel Wilde, and Dan Duryea. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market in August.

Inspired by the overwhelming response to its current Kickstarter campaign, Kino Lorber will expand its landmark restoration for theatrical and Blu-ray/DVD release, PIONEERS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CINEMA. Originally announced as being comprised of eight feature films (plus shorts, fragments, and new interviews) in a four-disc set, PIONEERS will be expanded to include twelve features, and will be released on video as five discs with even more bonus content.

Houston-based anime distributor Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks have detailed the Blu-ray release of Patlabor: The Movie (1989). Produced by Studio Deen and IG Tatsunoko and directed by Mamoru Oshii, the film streets on May 5th.

Independent distributors Shout Factory will release on Blu-ray Stuart Rosenberg's The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) and Michael Cimino's Desperate Hours (1990). The double-feature release will be available for purchase on June 2.

A number of titles from Kino Classics' Blu-ray catalog are currently on sale at Amazon. Amongst them are Sam Firstenberg's Avenging Force, Martin Ritt's Paris Blues, Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us, and Ossie Davis' Cotton Comes to Harlem.

Blu-ray.com and Anchor Bay Entertainment are offering members the opportunity to win a Blu-ray copy of David S. Goyer's Da Vinci's Demons: The Complete Second Season. The second season of the Starz Original Series stars Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Elliot Cowan, Gregg Chillin, Eros Vlahos, Blake Ritson, David Schofield, Lara Pulver and Hera Hilmar, and is set to release on Blu-ray on March 3rd.

Ethan Hawke is set to appear in Antoine Fuqua's remake of John Sturges' classic western The Magnificent Seven. The cast also includes Denzel Washington -- who won his second Oscar for his performance in Fuqua's Training Day -- Chris Pratt, and Haley Bennett.

Independent U.S. distributors Strand Releasing will release on Blu-ray Rick Castro and Bruce La Bruce's film Hustler White (1996), starring Tony Ward, Bruce La Bruce, and Kevin P. Scott. The release will be available for purchase on April 14.

Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray Ana Lily Amirpour's romantic horror thriller A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, and Marshall Manesh. The release will be available for purchase on April 21.

Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has announced that it will release on Blu-ray Colin Theys' horror thriller Deep in the Darkness (2014), starring Dean Stockwell, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Kristen Bush. The release will be available for purchase on April 21.

Warner Brothers has sent us the official trailer for Etan Cohen's comedy Get Hard (2015), starring Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, Mariana Paola Vicente, and Jay Pharoah. The film will open in theaters across the nation on March 27, 2015.

Kino Lorber will add to their Blu-ray catalog director John Berry crime drama He Ran All the Way (1951), starring John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Gladys George, and Robert Hyatt. Using a transfer struck from a brand new master, the release is scheduled to arrive on market in August.

The War Trilogy, a Limited Numbered Edition box set released by the BFI on 30 March, brings together for the first time on Blu-ray Roberto Rossellini's celebrated trilogy of films made during and immediately after the World War II.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars, starring Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Sarah Gadon and Olivia Williams. The film arrives on Blu-ray on April 14th.

Houston-based anime distributor Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks have detailed the Blu-ray release of Space Brothers: Collection 3. Produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Ayumu Watanabe, episodes 27-38 of the 99-episode science fiction anime series arrives on Blu-ray on June 30th.

Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects selected titles from the Criterion Collection and Warner Home Entertainment, including Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, and 3D double-feature packages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and Hugo. Through March 7th, Amazon is offering each set for 39% - 50% off its standard MSRP.

For the week of March 3rd, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is bringing Bennett Miller's Academy Award-nominated Foxcatcher to Blu-ray. Other titles include Warner's Musicals: Four-Movie Collection, which includes Vincente Minnelli's brilliant Fred Astaire-vehicle The Band Wagon, and Lionsgate's release of the disappointing Atom Egoyan thriller The Captive.

Dark Sky Films has announced the Blu-ray release of director Conor McMahon's From the Dark, starring Vikings' Niamh Algar and Red Rock's Stephen Cromwell. The horror thriller arrives on Blu-ray on April 14th.

Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has detailed its upcoming Collector's Edition Blu-ray of George Miller's cult action film Mad Max (1979). The release will be available for purchase in the United States and Canada on May 5.

Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has agreed to direct a sequel to Ridley Scott's cult sci-fi thriller Blade Runner. The sequel will be produced by Alcon Entertainment, which acquired the rights to Blade Runner in 2011.

Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Jeff Burr's horror drama From a Whisper to a Scream a.k.a. The Offspring (1987), starring Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, Susan Tyrrell, Cameron Mitchell, Martine Beswick, and Terrence Knox. The release will be available for purchase on April 28.

StudioCanal have sent us a short promo trailer for their upcoming Blu-ray release of Yann Demange's '71 (2014), starring Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, and Sean Harris. The release will be available for purchase on March 9.

Kino Lorber will add to their Blu-ray catalog director Sheldon Reynolds' film Foreign Intrigue (1956), starring Robert Mitchum, Geneviève Page, Ingrid Thulin, and Inga Tidblad. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market in August.

Eureka! Entertainment have revealed the poster artwork for the UK & Ireland release of Sion Sono's TOKYO TRIBE. Just when you thought Sion Sono's (Why Don't You Play In Hell?) unique brand of subversive cinema couldn't get any more out there, he's back to explode expectations once again as he ventures even further into uncharted cinematic territory with an ingenious hybrid of Yakuza gang action and hip-hop musical.